Ramsgate Arts Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Ramsgate, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ramsgate Arts Primary School is a primary school in Ramsgate, Kent for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ramsgate Arts Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 46 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- Another 14 Reception 2026 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower, and no last distance was published for that year.
- Free school meal eligibility is 31.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 55.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 140-144 Newington Road, Ramsgate, CT12 6PP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils in this popular and growing school are friendly, curious, happy and polite.”
- “They are rightly proud of their school and appreciate the many opportunities they are given to develop their creativity and an understanding of where they live.”
- “Pupils visit local and national art galleries regularly, work with artists and musicians, and visit nearby castles and theatres.”
To improve
- “The school rightly recognises that pupils’ progress in the core subjects of reading, writing and mathematics currently varies across the school.”
- “Some pupils could achieve more highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 46 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Newington Community Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dame Janet Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy 0.4 mi Good
- Ellington Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Priory Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newlands Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chilton Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate 1.0 mi School remains Good